On the first one, Derek Carr threw it deep to Michael Crabtree even though he was double covered.

The Raiders players came back to the huddle, with 27 seconds left and their season hanging in the balance, and Carr didn’t really call a play. Basically, just run fast and I am going to throw it to one of you in the end zone.

“He was just calling different numbers,” tight end Jared Cook said after the 31-30 no-time-left win over the Chiefs Thursday night. “We didn’t have any timeouts left, so we didn’t have a choice.”

“There’s nothing technical about it,” Carr said. “At that point, I’m telling the guys in the huddle, ‘Look I’ve got to give somebody a chance now. Go make a play.’ They did a couple of times.”

On the third attempt, Cook went high and pulled down a 29-yard pass in traffic that seemingly won the game and sent the desperate Coliseum crowd into a frenzy. It was a season-saving catch — Cook’s second in 30...